ACA Is Employers' Biggest Regulatory Concern, Survey Says

Law360, New York (July 9, 2013, 3:37 PM EDT) -- In-house counsel and executives expect health care reform will be their most pressing regulatory issue over the next year, according to a survey released Tuesday by employment powerhouse Littler Mendelson PC, even despite the delay in implementing the Affordable Care Act's employer mandate until 2015, its attorneys said.

Roughly 57 percent of the more than 400 participants in the survey, which was conducted in May, said the ACA would have a “significant impact” on employers in the next year. Roughly 37 percent of the respondents said...